Railway-track appliance.



PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906.

0. F. GLAWSON. RAILWAY TRACK APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 5.1905.

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STATES PATENT CHARLES F. GLAWSON, OF MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO JOHN C. BAKER AND ONE-FOURTH'TO OF MQUNT PLEASANT, IOWA.

o'rro A. GEESEKA,

RAILWAY-TRACK APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug". 21, 1906.

Application filed September 5,1905- Serial No. 277,082.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LCHAnLEs F. OLAwsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mount. Pleasant, in the county of Henry and Stateof Iowa, have invented certain new and in Railway-Track Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements .in railway-track construction, havin for its general object to increase 4 the sa ety and comfort of railway travel. v j To this end my invention resides in a novel track appliance which in operation combines a considerable number and variety of useful functions, among which maybe mentioned the revention of'the creeping of the rails, the ateral bracing and elastic support of the rail-joints, the prevention of the spreading and tipping of the rails, and the deadening of A device embodying the principle of invention is illustrated in the accompanying Figure 1 is a pers ective view of a portion .of a railway-track, s owing the device of my invention applied to one of the rail-joints on theline22o 1.

.Referrin to the rawings, 5 may designate the ties, an 6 the meetingends of two rails of the railway-track. 'These rails are shown as meeting upon one of the ties. 7 designates the fish-plates which may be of any usual or approved form, but which as herein shown are ofthat type having a longiuppermargins; 4o 0 tudinal outwardly-projecting rib 6 on their The fish-plates hug the webs the rails snugly, being secured thereto by the usual bolts 7 and nuts 8. 9 designates as an entirety the improved device' forming the subject-matter of my present invention. This may comprise a substantiallyfiat base-plate 9*, adapted to overlie the base'of the rail and the upper surface of the tie, being provided with spikeholes, by which it is secured directly to .the tie and rail-base through spikes 10; The upstandin portion 9 of tlns member has substantia 31v the form of half a hollow cylinder or roll, isposed with its axis parallel with the rails and of a height to snugly fit at its causing 2 is a cross-sectional view upper edge beneath the rib of the fish-plate.

The member 9 is'preferably made of a length just sufficient to fit between the heads or nuts of adjacent tie-bolts, by reason of which it possesses the function of a bolt or nut-lock for these bolts.

The device described is preferably applied to both sides of the rail at the joint, as shown in Fig. 2, in which position it serves a variety of functions. In the first place, being se curely spiked to the tie and engagin the bolts of the jointat both sides, it strong yre sists any creeping tendency of the rails. Again, being .made of spring-steel, the rolllike form of the upright member constitutes an elastic support for the meeting ends of the railsthroughthe rib of the fish-plate, preventing poundin of the rails under'the im pact of the Wheei in'passing over the joints, deadening the usual noise accompanying the passage of the wheels over the 'oint. and both ends of the rails, to t e extent that they do yield under the weight of the strain, to yield simultaneously and to an equal extent, thus producing substantially the effeotof a continuous or unbroken rail. The two upstanding members being slightly inclined toward each other, as shown, the downward pressure naturally tends tr;- cause these members to spring toward each other, whereby the device serves the further function of a rail-clamp, while the outer members on each side of the" track also constitute braces to prevent spreading and tipping or overturnin of the rails. It will also be seen that aside from clamping the rails and thus securing their perfect aline'ment the device of the present invention also securely clamps the fish-plates against the rails, thus reinforcing the action of the clamping-bolts and serving the function of the latter should they become loose. v

The base member of the device may be of any suitable form; but I prefer the broad or wide dovetailed form herein shown, as it affords a secure hold upon the .tie and a maximum resistance to lateral strains. Fur- Io'o thermore, by overlying the bases of both rails at the joint and clamping said bases a ainst the face of the tie it revents the rise 0 one rail end relatively to t e other, as well as {The depression of one end relatively to the ct er.

I am aware that rail-braces having a base sadapted to be spiked to the, tie and an nclined strut bearing against the outer side of the rail web and head are old,- but, so far asIam usefully applied as abrace toanintermedi-g (head of the rail and "transversely elastic half-roll adap aware the present invention presents the first application to a rail-joint of a device having the elastic character and the variety of functions hereinabove described.

While 1 have shown the, device as applied to a rail-joint, it is evident that it maybe ate portion of the rail.

I clai1n 1. A track appliance comprising an inte-- fiat base adapted to spiked. to a tie, and an eXteriorly-rounded bod the upper horizonap ted-tlo underlie the.

tal margin Whereoflis a rib of the rail-clampat tially as described.

3. The combination Withthemeet n ends of a pair of rails,a tie onvv hich said rai ends rai -1' Q t u s ai rest, and a ribbed fish-rlate overlapping said l .elastic body possessing fish-plate, substantially as rail ends, of a rail-brace having a base portion secured to the tie and a portion abutting against said fish-platebeneath and in contactwith the rib ofthe latter, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the meetin ends of. a pair of. rails, a, tie on Which said ra1 ends rest, and a ribbed fish-plate overlappin' said rail ends, of a rail-brace having a broa substantially flat base portion secured to the tie, and a body portion in the form of-a half-roll abutting against said fish-plate beneath the rib of the latter, substantially as described.

5. A rail-joint brace made of elastic mate rial and comprising a broad substantially flatbase portion adapted to'be secured to the faceofthetie and overlie the rail-base, and a body portion in the form of a half-roll adapted tofit'ben'eath the longitudinal rib offthe described.

transversely 6. An integral or one-piece steel rail-joint brace comprising a substantially fiat' out .-wardly-fiaring base portion adapted to be securedto the face of the tie and overlie the rail base, and a body portion in-theform of a horizontal half-roll adapted to fit beneath and el astically support'the longitudinal rib fish-plate, substantially as described.

.CHARLES F. GLAWSON. I Witnesses:

LEROY A. PALMER, -W. F. KoPP.

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